Canada's CN Rail wants to keep existing agreement - union

TORONTO Feb 5 (Reuters) - The union representing 3,000
conductors, train and yard workers at Canadian National Railway
Co said on Wednesday that the company told the union it
is "done negotiating" and workers must choose between an
existing deal or a strike.

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference said it briefly met
with CN and government-appointed mediators Wednesday morning,
after it gave notice of its intention to strike as early as
Saturday. The notice came after workers voted down a tentative
agreement reached in October.

"They have said that they're done with negotiating. We have
a choice of taking either a status quo agreement ... or go on
strike," union general chairman Roland Hackl told Reuters.